In the Canvas Gradebook Settings, there is a setting called Automatically Apply Grade for Missing Submissions. If you check this box, there is a box below which allows you to put in a grade for missing submissions. In Canvas, as it is now, if a student DOES NOT do an assignment, a hyphen "—" remains in the instructor's gradebook for that assignment. When calculating a students cumulative grade, Canvas inexplicably ignore cells with a hyphen in them completely and does not factor those missed assignments into the grade. To get an accurate grade representation, the instructor must change those hyphens to "0", which is a laborious process for the instructor. I was told that the setting I mentioned above, with a 0 in the box for missing assignments, would automatically populate the 0 into the assignment grade, thus obviating the need for me to do so.
Well, I have turned on that setting but it seems to be doing nothing like I was told it would do. I still have to manually enter the zeroes across all missing assignments. Am I missing something here? Am I doing this wrong? Just what does that setting do, and is there a way to effect the result I am seeking? (not having to put in all the 0's myself). Any help here is most appreciated. Syd Rabin
